Mark Blankenship Jr.

Mark Edward Blankenship Jr. serves as an associate at Ott Law Firm in St. Louis, Missouri. His practice areas include Intellectual Property Law, Sports & Entertainment Transactions, Arts, Music, & Fashion Licensing, Alcohol Beverage Regulation, Data Privacy & Cybersecurity Law, Labor & Employment Litigation, Business & Nonprofit Formation, and Unfair Competition & Commercial Law. During his tenure at the firm, he completed his Master of Laws (LL.M.) with a focus on intellectual property law at the Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law at Yeshiva University, studying remotely.

Prior to joining Ott Law Firm, Blankenship earned his Juris Doctor from the University of Kentucky J. David Rosenberg College of Law in 2019. While there, he was the Operations Manager/Communications Editor for Volume 107 of the Kentucky Law Journal and served as Vice President of the UK Sports & Entertainment Law Society. He was also actively involved in various student organizations.

Blankenship has contributed scholarly writings to several reputable journals, including the Arizona State Sports and Entertainment Law Journal, the Center for the Study of Law and Religion at Emory University, and the Illinois Business Law Journal, among others.

Before attending law school, Blankenship graduated magna cum laude from Georgia Southern University with a B.A. in Music, focusing on percussion, and a minor in Business. During his undergraduate years, he participated in numerous ensembles and was a member of the Phi Mu Alpha Sinfonia Music Fraternity of America.